Bowtech Justice.
Before I get into this too much I will say from the onset I am not a big fan of short AtA or single cam bows.
My first impression of this bow when I seen the specs was that it would be a great tree stand bow for you guys who live up North who have to bundle up.
Plus with all the talk about the Liberty I decided that someone had to test this bow so I took it upon myself to get one.
Birth cert 60# 28" draw 300 gr arrow 275 fps with Hush Kit, 1 Brass nock and 2 eliminator buttons.
Bow is set up with a Cobra prong rest, string loop, Extreme 100 sight and Bowtech hush kit nothing else on the string.
The bow is a 31.25 axle to axle with an 8" brace but when measured the brace was 8.25"
Fit and finish is once again to Bowtech"™s high standards.
The first thing I noticed was the new Mossy Oak camo, but for mine I feel the camo on the riser is a little too dark wish it was the same as on the limbs but that is just a minor point.
The next thing is the overall weight of the bow it is lite.
There is not much else I can say on the tech side that has not already been said by Jeff and Matt in their reports of the Liberty which has the same cam, idler wheel, limb pockets etc.
With the bow set up it was time to sight it in, what I did notice was that the freedom cam is smooth and felt several pounds lighter than the actual draw weight.
With the bow sighted in at 20 yards it was time to do a group.
I will tell you now that this little offering from Bowtech will stack them in there.
At 20 yards all 5 arrows where touching with ruined vanes on 3 of my newly fletched arrows.
It holds rock solid for such a short AtA bow but for me I had to pay particular attention not to cant the bow, which is one reason I am not a big fan of shortie bows.
There is almost zero hand shock and vibration and what little there is will be taken out with a stabilizer although this bow does not really need one, if anything I would suggest a Doinker Chubby Hunter or one similar in size.
The draw has no humps/bumps picks up the weight straight away rolls over ever so gently into the valley then to the dead stop of the back wall.
I am using 400 gr arrows the bow is deadly quite just with the BT hush kit.
At the moment I don"™t have access to a crono but would take a guess the arrows are doing about 250/255 fps.
Overall the Justice is slowly changing my mind about short bows. The more I shoot it the more comfortable I am getting with it.
I will add that apart from the Northern tree stand guys if anyone is looking for a smooth drawing light short bow for spot and stalking through the thick stuff give the Justice a real hard look.
Admittedly the Justice is not a speed burner, which we have all come to know Bowtech for, but people asked Bowtech for some smooth drawing bows and as usual Bowtech have given the end user what they asked.
Bowtech Justice Report
I know I'm crazy enough to buy stuff I know I may not like just to see if things may be better on a certain model, but did you have a specific reason?
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